Introduction (L. Iura).

Part One: Perspectives on Reform.

The Educational Situation (J. Dewey).

Progress or Regress (D. Tyack & L. Cuban).

Reformers, Radicals, and Romantics (D. Ravitch).

Part Two: Milestones.

Opinion of the Court, Brown v. Board of Education (U.S. Supreme Court).

Soviet Education Far Ahead of U.S. (B. Fine).

Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I: Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards--Part A: Improving Basic Grants Operated by School Districts.

Opinion of the Court, Lau v. Nichols (U.S. Supreme Court).

A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (National Commission on Excellence in Education).

America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages! Executive Summary (National Center on Education and the Economy).

Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance--A SCANS Report for America 2000, Executive (Summary Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor).

Goals 2000 Legislation: Increasing Student Achievement Through State and Local Initiatives: Introduction (U.S. Department of Education).

Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): Overview and Key Findings Across Grade Levels (National Center for Education Statistics).

What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future, Executive Summary (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future).

Part Three: Reform as Response to Social Diversity and Student Needs.

Discussion of School Funding (J. Kozol).

Bilingual Education: The Controversy (R. Rothstein).

The Full-Service Vision: Responding to Critical Needs (J. Dryfoos).

Part Four: Reform as Restructuring the Governance and Organization of Schooling.

Better Schools Through New Institutions: Giving Americans Choice (J. Chubb & T. Moe).

Incentives: Linking Resources, Performance, and Accountability (E. Hanushek).

The Birth of a Movement (J. Nathan).

Following the Plan (L. Olson).

Assessing District Capability (P. Schlechty).

A Mixed Record for Reconstitution Flashes a Yellow Light for Districts (C. Hendrie).

Personalizing Middle Schools (N. Ames & E. Miller).

Part Five: Reform Through Standards, Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment.

Thinking About Education in a Different Way (D. Berliner & B. Biddle).

One Hundred Fifty Years of Testing (R. Rothman).

With 2000 Looming, Chances of Meeting National Goals Iffy (D. Hoff).

A Revolution in One Classroom: The Case of Mrs. Oublier (D. Cohen).

Setting High Standards for Everyone (M. Tucker & J. Codding).

What If We Ended Social Promotion? (R. Hauser).

Nineteen Postulates (J. Goodlad).

Prologue from Horace's Compromise (T. Sizer).

The Culture of Resistance (R. Evans).